Umpires

Top of the 1st

David DeJesus grounded out second to first. None on with one out and Starlin Castro due up.

Out

Starlin Castro grounded out short to first. None on with two outs and Anthony Rizzo due up.

Single

Anthony Rizzo singled to right. Runner on first with two outs and Alfonso Soriano due up.

Out

Alfonso Soriano popped out to short to end the inning.

Bottom of the 1st

Play Type

Play

Out

Skip Schumaker struck out looking. None on with one out and Allen Craig due up.

Single

Allen Craig singled to right. Runner on first with one out and Matt Holliday due up.

Single

Matt Holliday singled to right. On the play, Allen Craig advances to second. Runners on first and second with one out and Carlos Beltran due up.

Single

Carlos Beltran singled to left center scoring Allen Craig with one out. On the play, Matt Holliday advances to second. Runners on first and second and Yadier Molina due up.

Single,advance-throw

Yadier Molina singled to center scoring Matt Holliday with one out. On the play, Carlos Beltran advances to third. Yadier Molina advances to second on the throw. Runners on second and third and Lance Berkman due up.

Out

Lance Berkman grounded out to first scoring Carlos Beltran with two out. On the play, Yadier Molina advances to third. Runner on third and David Freese due up.

Out

David Freese struck out looking to end the inning.

Top of the 2nd

Play Type

Play

Walk

Bryan LaHair walked. Runner on first with none out and Steve Clevenger due up.

Single

Steve Clevenger singled to right. On the play, Bryan LaHair advances to third. Runners on first and third with none out and Darwin Barney due up.

Out

Darwin Barney sacrifice fly out to center scored Bryan LaHair with one out. Runner on first and Luis Valbuena due up.

Out

Luis Valbuena flied out to left. Runner on first with two outs and Ryan Dempster due up.

Out

Ryan Dempster flied out to center to end the inning.

Bottom of the 2nd

Play Type

Play

Out

Rafael Furcal lined out to short. None on with one out and Kyle Lohse due up.

Out

Kyle Lohse grounded out second to first. None on with two outs and Skip Schumaker due up.

Out

Skip Schumaker grounded out third to first to end the inning.

Top of the 3rd

Play Type

Play

Single

David DeJesus singled to right. Runner on first with none out and Starlin Castro due up.

Single

Starlin Castro singled to center, deflected by pitcher. On the play, David DeJesus advances to second. Runners on first and second with none out and Anthony Rizzo due up.

Out

Anthony Rizzo struck out looking. Runners on first and second with one out and Alfonso Soriano due up.

Out

Alfonso Soriano grounded into a double play, pitcher to second to first. On the play, Starlin Castro out at second to end the inning.

Bottom of the 3rd

Play Type

Play

Out

Allen Craig grounded out short to first. None on with one out and Matt Holliday due up.

Home-run

Matt Holliday one-out, solo Home Run (15) to left. Carlos Beltran due up.

Out

Carlos Beltran lined out to right. None on with two outs and Yadier Molina due up.

Walk

Yadier Molina walked. Runner on first with two outs and Lance Berkman due up.

Double

Lance Berkman doubled to right. On the play, Yadier Molina advances to third. Runners on second and third with two outs and David Freese due up.

Walk

David Freese walked. Bases loaded with two outs and Rafael Furcal due up.

Out

Rafael Furcal lined out to second to end the inning.

Top of the 4th

Play Type

Play

Single

Bryan LaHair singled to third. Runner on first with none out and Steve Clevenger due up.

Out

Steve Clevenger struck out looking. Runner on first with one out and Darwin Barney due up.

Out

Darwin Barney struck out swinging. Runner on first with two outs and Luis Valbuena due up.

Out

Luis Valbuena grounded out second to first to end the inning.

Bottom of the 4th

Play Type

Play

Out

Kyle Lohse flied out to right. None on with one out and Skip Schumaker due up.

Out

Skip Schumaker grounded out second to first. None on with two outs and Allen Craig due up.

Out

Allen Craig lined out to third to end the inning.

Top of the 5th

Play Type

Play

Out

Ryan Dempster flied out to left. None on with one out and David DeJesus due up.

Single

David DeJesus singled to left. Runner on first with one out and Starlin Castro due up.

Out

Starlin Castro lined out to short. Runner on first with two outs and Anthony Rizzo due up.

Out

Anthony Rizzo lined out to first to end the inning.

Bottom of the 5th

Play Type

Play

Out

Matt Holliday grounded out to first. None on with one out and Carlos Beltran due up.

Out

Carlos Beltran lined out to right. None on with two outs and Yadier Molina due up.

Out

Yadier Molina grounded out third to first to end the inning.

Top of the 6th

Play Type

Play

Error-reached-base

Alfonso Soriano reached first on Rafael Furcal's throwing error. Runner on first with none out and Bryan LaHair due up.

Out

Bryan LaHair struck out looking. Runner on first with one out and Steve Clevenger due up.

Out

Steve Clevenger lined out to left. Runner on first with two outs and Darwin Barney due up.

Out

Darwin Barney flied out to left to end the inning.

Bottom of the 6th

Play Type

Play

Out

Lance Berkman flied out to left. None on with one out and David Freese due up.

Out

David Freese grounded out second to first. None on with two outs and Rafael Furcal due up.

Single

Rafael Furcal singled to right. Runner on first with two outs and Kyle Lohse due up.

Out

Kyle Lohse grounded into a fielder's choice, second to short. On the play, Rafael Furcal out at second to end the inning.

Top of the 7th

Play Type

Play

Out

Luis Valbuena grounded out short to first. None on with one out and Ryan Dempster due up.

Substitution

Tony Campana is pinch-hitting for Ryan Dempster.

Out

Pinch-Hitter Tony Campana bunt grounded out pitcher to first. None on with two outs and David DeJesus due up.

Out

David DeJesus flied out to center to end the inning.

Bottom of the 7th

Play Type

Play

Substitution

Manuel Corpas starts the inning for the Cubs.

Single

Skip Schumaker singled to right. Runner on first with none out and Allen Craig due up.

Out

Allen Craig grounded into a fielder's choice, third to second. On the play, Skip Schumaker out at second. Runner on first with one out and Matt Holliday due up.

Substitution

Jon Jay is pinch-running for Allen Craig.

Stolen-base

With Matt Holliday batting, Jon Jay stole second. Runner on second with one out.

Walk

Matt Holliday walked. Runners on first and second with one out and Carlos Beltran due up.

Out

Carlos Beltran grounded out second to pitcher. On the play, Matt Holliday advances to second and Jon Jay advances to third. Runners on second and third with two outs and Yadier Molina due up.

Out

Yadier Molina fouled out to first to end the inning.

Top of the 8th

Play Type

Play

Substitution

Jon Jay remains in the game as the center fielder. Defensive switch from center field to right field for Carlos Beltran. Mitchell Boggs starts the inning for the Cardinals.

Substitution

Jon Jay remains in the game as the center fielder. Defensive switch from center field to right field for Carlos Beltran. Mitchell Boggs starts the inning for the Cardinals.

Substitution

Jon Jay remains in the game as the center fielder. Defensive switch from center field to right field for Carlos Beltran. Mitchell Boggs starts the inning for the Cardinals.

Out

Starlin Castro flied out to center. None on with one out and Anthony Rizzo due up.

Out

Anthony Rizzo flied out to right. None on with two outs and Alfonso Soriano due up.

Double

Alfonso Soriano doubled to right center. Runner on second with two outs and Bryan LaHair due up.

Substitution

Marc Rzepczynski enters the game for the Cardinals with a runner on second and two out.

Out

Pinch-Hitter Jeff Baker struck out swinging to end the inning.

Bottom of the 8th

Play Type

Play

Substitution

Jeff Baker remains in the game as the right fielder. Scott Maine starts the inning for the Cubs.

Substitution

Jeff Baker remains in the game as the right fielder. Scott Maine starts the inning for the Cubs.

Out

Lance Berkman fouled out to first. None on with one out and David Freese due up.

Single

David Freese singled to center. Runner on first with one out and Rafael Furcal due up.

Double

Rafael Furcal doubled to left. On the play, David Freese advances to third. Runners on second and third with one out and Marc Rzepczynski due up.

Substitution

Matt Carpenter is pinch-hitting for Marc Rzepczynski.

Out

Pinch-Hitter Matt Carpenter struck out swinging. Runners on second and third with two outs and Skip Schumaker due up.

Substitution

Tyler Greene is pinch-hitting for Skip Schumaker.

Out

Pinch-Hitter Tyler Greene struck out looking to end the inning.

Top of the 9th

Play Type

Play

Substitution

Tyler Greene remains in the game as the second baseman. Jason Motte starts the inning for the Cardinals.

Substitution

Tyler Greene remains in the game as the second baseman. Jason Motte starts the inning for the Cardinals.

Out

Steve Clevenger flied out to left. None on with one out and Darwin Barney due up.

Out

Darwin Barney grounded out short to first. None on with two outs and Luis Valbuena due up.

Out

Luis Valbuena struck out swinging to end the game.

Recap: St. Louis vs. Chicago Cubs

St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) - Matt Holliday homered and scored twice to back seven innings of one-run ball from Kyle Lohse as the St. Louis Cardinals downed the Chicago Cubs, 4-1, in the opener of a three-game series at Busch Stadium.

Lohse (10-2) scattered six hits and a walk with four strikeouts to win his fourth straight decision. Jason Motte tossed a perfect ninth to record his 21st save of the year.

"When you can go out there less than your best and get through seven (innings) and give your team a chance, for me, it just shows that I have an idea of what I'm trying to do out there," Lohse said.

Carlos Beltran, Yadier Molina and Lance Berkman also knocked in a run for the Cardinals, who had dropped five of their last six.

Ryan Dempster (5-4) surrendered all four runs on seven hits and two walks over six innings to snap a six-start win streak.

Darwin Barney knocked in the lone run for Chicago, which had won seven of its last nine.

Dempster entered the game with a 33-inning scoreless streak dating back to June 5, but the Cardinals quickly ended it in their first at-bat with three straight one-out singles by Allen Craig, Holliday and Beltran, scoring Craig.

Molina followed with a base hit to plate Holliday before Berkman's grounder to first scored Beltran to hand St. Louis a 3-0 lead.

The Cubs answered with a run in the second when Bryan LaHair worked a leadoff walk, advanced to third on Steve Clevenger's single and came home on a sacrifice fly to center field by Barney.

The Cardinals, though, got that run back in the third inning on Holliday's tape-measure home run to left field that went an estimated 469 feet to make it a 4-1 game.

"It just went far, it was a far homer," Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano said of Holliday's shot. "He hit it very well. When I looked over my head, it was almost out of the ball park."

St. Louis would later leave the bases loaded in the third, but those runs would not prove necessary as Chicago failed to advance a runner past first base until Alfonso Soriano's two-out double off Mitchell Boggs in the eighth inning.

However, Marc Rzepczynski entered next and fanned pinch-hitter Jeff Baker to end the frame, and Motte needed just six pitches to retire the side in the ninth.